This is the 1968th most frequent Dutch word.
bedroeg
"Bedroeg" is the past tense of "bedragen," meaning "amounted to" in English.
In this sentence, 'bedroeg' is used as the past tense of 'bedragen,' indicating the total summed amount of something in a financial or measurable context.
Het totaalbedrag van de rekening bedroeg €100.
The total amount of the bill was €100.
Here, 'bedroeg' is used to refer to a quantifiable state in the past, in this case, someone's age.
Zijn leeftijd bedroeg toen pas 18 jaar.
His age was then only 18 years.
In this example, 'bedroeg' represents the total count of participants, used in a past tense setting emphasizing a total or sum.